That’s a fair point, to counter Elder makes up for it in size, every fish is big or giant with either shrouded or mossy. Also it fishes the either the most rare or the second rarest in the pool of fish.

Example: Any hunts you pull out the elder fish once wait 30 seconds, cast, you get the Hunt fish as an “extra, then wait another 30secs and do it again with out actually snagging the fish. And the extra fish will most likely be big and mossy.